<html>
<head>
  <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
  <title>Bidi text in inline with background image</title>
  <style type="text/css">
body {
  font-size: 0;
}
i {
  background-image: url(mozilla-banner.gif);
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
}
i, b {
  padding: 29px 30px;
  line-height: 58px;
}
.l0{
  background-position: 0 0;
}
.l60{
  background-position: -60px 0;
}
.l120{
  background-position: -120px 0;
}
.l180{
  background-position: -180px 0;
}
.r0{
  background-position: -540px 0;
}
.r60{
  background-position: -480px 0;
}
.r120{
  background-position: -420px 0;
}
.r180{
  background-position: -360px 0;
}
  </style>
 </head>
<body>
  <p dir="rtl"><i class="l180"></i><br><i class="l120"></i><i class="l60"></i><b></b><i class="l0"></i></p>
  <p dir="rtl"><i class="r0"></i><br><i class="r60"></i><i class="r120"></i><b></b><i class="r180"></i></p>
  <p dir="ltr"><i class="l0"></i><br><i class="l60"></i><b></b><i class="l120"></i><i class="l180"></i></p>
  <p dir="ltr"><i class="r180"></i><br><i class="r120"></i><b></b><i class="r60"></i><i class="r0"></i></p>
</body>
</html>